Determination of calibration parameters of a VRX CT system using an "amoeba" algorithm

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 281-293

  Jordan, Lawrence M ^a   DiBianca, Frank A ^a   Melnyk, Roman ^a   Choudhary, Apoorva ^a   Shukla, Hemant ^a   Laughter, Joseph ^a   Gaber, M Waleed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Downhill simplex method; Imaging calibration techniques; Variable resolution CT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CELLS; IONIZATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIATION DETECTORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

DOWNHILL SIMPLEX METHOD; IMAGING CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; SINOGRAMS; VARIABLE RESOLUTION CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 13844298718     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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